23 U.S. Code § 308 - Cooperation with Federal and State agencies and foreign countries

(1) In general.— The Secretary may perform, by contract or otherwise, authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, maintenance, or improvement of highways for other Federal agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies.

(3) Reimbursement.— Reimbursement for services carried out under this subsection (including depreciation on engineering and road-building equipment) shall be credited to the applicable appropriation.

(b)Appropriations for the work of the Federal Highway Administration shall be available for expenses of warehouse maintenance and the procurement, care, and handling of supplies, materials, and equipment for distribution to projects under the supervision of the Federal Highway Administration, or for sale or distribution to other Government agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies, and the cost of such supplies and materials or the value of such equipment, including the cost of transportation and handling, may be reimbursed to current applicable appropriations.

Section 214 of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), is classified to section
4634 of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Amendments

2012—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 112–141added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows: “The Secretary is authorized to perform by contract or otherwise, authorized engineering or other services in connection with the survey, construction, maintenance, or improvement of highways for other Government agencies, cooperating foreign countries, and State cooperating agencies, and reimbursement for such services, which may include depreciation on engineering and roadbuilding equipment used, shall be credited to the appropriation concerned.”

1973—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–87substituted “Federal Highway Administration” for “Bureau of Public Roads” in two places.

“(1) In general.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section [enacting section
4634 of Title
42, The Public Health and Welfare, and amending this section and sections
4622 to
4624 and
4633 of Title
42] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [see section 3(a), (b) ofPub. L. 112–141, set out as Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment notes under section
101 of this title].

“(2) Exception.—The amendments made by subsections (a) through (c) [amending sections
4622 to
4624 of Title
42] shall take effect 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”